Closure for lifter-openings for stove lids and plates.



PATBNTED APR. 30, 1907.

H. L. SHELDON. CLOSURE FOR LIFTER OPENINGS FORSTOVE LIDS AND PLATES.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 13I 1904.

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CLOSURE FOR LIFTER-OPENINGS FOR STOVE LIDS AND PLATES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 30, 1907.

Application filed July 13, 1904:. Serial No. 216,405.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY L. SHELDON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sharon Springs, in the county of l Vallace and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Closures for Lifter-Openings for Steve Lids and Plates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a closure for the recess or lifter-opening of stove lids and sundry articles usually manipulated by means of a lifter so as to pro vide in effect a continuous surface, thereby obviating the permanent depressions which usually collect ashes and other foreign matter.

The invention aims to provide a closure which is automatic in action and which may be moved by the lifter when inserting the same in the recess to raise the lid or other part to be moved.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and -also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result, .reference is to be had to the following description and drawingshereto attached.

While the essential and. characteristic features of the invention are susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of a stove lid embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail showing the relation of the parts when the lifter is in position. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the closure.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The reference numeral 1 represents a stove lid having near one edge the usual recess 2 for insertion of the end of the lifter 3 when it is required to move the lid.

It is to be understood that the invention is adapted to be applied to any article or part usually manipulated by means of a stove lifter and having the accustomed recess for this purpose.

The closure 4 is of such formation as to come flush with the top side of the lid 1 or like part and to move when placing the lifter in position preliminary to moving the lid or other article. As shown, the closure 4 is of thebottom of the recess.

pivoted between its ends, as indicated at 5, and one end, as 6, is weighted and the opposite end has a projecting lip 7 to engage under the projecting part 8 at the inner end of the recess with which the toe of the lifter 3 cooperates when moving the lid. The lip 7 forms a stop and limits the closing of the part f under the influence of the weight 6.

A11 opening 9 is formed in the bottom of the lifter recess 2. Hence the recess 2 is in coimnunication with the space beneath the lid and there is provided an escape for ashes or other matter that may enter said recess and tend to obstruct the action of the closure l.

Any suitable means may be employed for pivotally connecting the closure 4 to the lid.

The bottom of the recess 2 projects from the under side of the lid 1 and forms a protective housing or casing 10 for the closure 4 which is wholly mounted in said recess. The bottom or housing 10 is curved at one end portion thereof, as shown most clearly in the drawing and the weight 6 is likewise curved so as to snugly fit against the curved portion Since the weight 6 is in contact with the recessed portion of the lid, it will be noted that when the lifter 3 is inserted in the recess 2, beneath the projecting part 8, the pressure upon the upper side of the closure is not entirely received upon this pivot 5 but said pivot is reinforced by the curved portion of the recess 2 in contact with the weight 6. A great amount of strain is therefore taken off the pivot 5 in a manner clearly apparent.

A stove lid or other article having an opening for the reception of a stove lifter provided with a closure in accordance with this inventi on normally presents a smooth surface and prevents food lodging in the recess 2 and throwing off noxious odors when the stove is lighted.

The closure does not interfere with the free use of the stove lifter, as the latter may be as readily applied to the part as if the closure were not present, said closure yielding and moving aside to receive the lifter and serving as a fulcrum therefor and automatically closing when the lifter is withdrawn, thereby closing the recess 2 when the lifter is not in position as will be readily understood.

The housing 10 protects the closure 4 from the direct action of the heat and prevents fuel interfering therewith in the event of the fire pot being piled to the top with coal, wood or the like.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is:

1. The combination of a stove lid provided with a lifter opening and a pivoted closure for said opening said closure adapted to be moved from its closed position and to serve as a fulcrum for the lifter, when the lifter is applied, and to return to its closed. position when the lifter is removed.

2. The combination of a stove lid formed with a recess adapted to receive a litter, said recess being in communication with the space beneath the lid, and a pivotally mounted 15 closure (for said recess weighted at one end, said closure adapted to be moved from closed position and to serve as a fulcrum for the lifter, when the lifter is applied, and to return to its closed position when the lifter is removed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY L. SHELDON.

itnesses O. N. THURMS. JOHN CHILDs [L. sI 

